The major stock market indices closed last week on decent footing and should be poised for further gains with the Dow and S&P 500 seeing new highs first . Even the recently hit NASDAQ 100 hung in and remains above the line in the sand I drew last week. However, this week is a seasonally weak one as it’s the five days immediately following June option expiration. We’ll see how that plays out as pre-market indications show a higher open.

On the sector front, it remains the “bizarro” world with the opposites now in charge. As semis and discretionary ceded, the bears were all over this “collapse” in leadership. However, as has been the case so many times during this epic bull market, rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated! Transports, banks, healthcare and industrials are now leading stocks to Dow 23,000. High yield bonds are chugging along and there continues to be broad participation. Don’t overthink it. Buying the dips is the correct strategy.

FYI. I have received lots of emails regarding Amazon and should people buy it. My short answer is NO. I am not a fan at $1000 after seeing it rally more than 100% in 18 months. While it will ebb and flow with the NASDAQ 100, I think there are better risk/reward opportunities elsewhere.

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The major stock market indices put in a very constructive day on Thursday with stocks opening at their lows for the day and closing in the upper end of the range. The beaten down NASDAQ 100 saw the best behavior as it tries to repair itself from two unexpectedly large and volatile down days over the past month from all-time highs. One clue will be a weekly closing price for this index and the semiconductors near the high for the week. That won’t happen today. As long as the major indices and tech sector do not close at new June lows, the bulls have the ball, even if that means some sideways movement for a bit.

Leadership continues to rotate with the banks and financials really stepping up along with transports, industrials, REITs and healthcare. High yield and the NYSE A/D Line scored all-time highs this week. All of this gives me additional confidence that after this pullback ends, another leg to 22,000 is coming.

The big news of the day is Amazon’s proposed buyout of Whole Foods which is certainly a landscape changer. Amazon being the disruptor that it is getting into the grocery store business? That is not going to make Costco and Kroger’s and WalMart and Target very happy! It will be interesting to see what happens with the Blue Apron IPO. Who really wants to compete with Amazon? Look what WalMart did to its competitors!

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